Shade-holder for electric fixtures and the like.



W. B. SPEAR. ADE HOLDER FOR ELECTRIC FIXTURES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.16, 1911.

Patented May 30, 1911.

- nism, itwill be runderstood thatmy device IINIT- ED .sTATEs PATENT oEFroE.

WICKEAM B. SPEAR, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

'SHADE-HOLDER. non. ELECTRIC' FIXTURES AND 'THE :Linn` specvic'tioalofrtterPatent. i Patented My 30, 1911 i, Applieationliled January 16, 1911.. Serial No. 602,801.

Aneles, in the county of Los'Angeles, Statev of alifomia, have invented new and useful Improvements ,in Shade-Holders for Electnc F\ixture s and the Like,` of-which 'the folf lowing is a specification.

This invention relates- `to .a'novel form of Shade holder adapted particularly for sup '.'porting shades from electric'xtnres such as sockets and theflike'; 'and it consists. in a l simple and easilyfma'nipulated holder which isr neat and compact in yappearance and showsa smooth surface without any irreguy .lar rojections,

ech'anically, the invention consists of a partedring with' one 'half secured to the l socket or. other .fixture land the otherhalf removably. attached thereto, the ring being lof'trough shaped .cross section 'so as to in- I `4 close the usual bead on the upper portion of a shade. Thefremovable half of the ring is Vattached to the halfmounted on the lsocket by means of'tongues and.y apertures in the two halves, the removable half being resi1i -ent and. 'holding the engaging' vmeans in proper engagement.- These features, as well 1as other minor features of construction willybecome clearer upon consideratlon of- .the

preferred andmodified forms of my invention illustrated in .the accompanying draw-l ings, in which:

Figure 1 1sl a slde elevation .of an ordinary socket equipped with my improved vshade holder, showing the shade in place therein; Fi 2 is a longitudinal central Section of the ho der, thel shade being shown. in dotted lines. -Fig is across Section taken onlme 3;-3 of Fig. 1. '1 Fig. 4- is a side elevation showing a socketequipped with a modified.l

vform of my invention.

i Referring now to the drawings 5 designates a cylindrical body portion of a` socket. casingl ofordinarydesign, having cap 6 and Aswitch' handle '7. Asmy invention relates only to the exterior or casing of the socket, I havenotshown any of the interior mecha.-

' vnism'; and, although the exterior may vary in configuration' with the interior mechawill be applicable to any form of fixture from whichit is desired to suspenda shade. My holder is attached to -the lower portion of the socket casing, in some y instances the stationary half of the holderrmgbeing I lformedintegrallywith the casing. lThis is shown in Fig. 2, but the holder may be at-v tached to the casing in'any ,desired manner.' Itlwlll be understood that 'it-isvnot necessary to attach the holder directly tothe casing of the socket i as is shown in -the drawings; Iin fact the holder may be mount-ed on any other article-it is `only on'aecount of general 'usage that I show it in combination with a socket.v I have shown the holder ring m'ade'f up of two halves l9 and 10. Half 9 is rigidly mounted oncasing 5 and is of trough shaped cross section so that it will encircle one halfl offthe annular beadl 12 onv the upper endI of "ash'ade, Ring half 10is also of asimilar trough shapedl'cross'section and adapted to encircle the other-'half ofthe `annularbead .as'is best illustrated. in Fig; 2."A The two ends of portion 10 extend within the ends ofportion 9. Portion 9 is provided withinwardly extending projections or catches which are adapted to engage in apertures 14 in the ends. of portion. 10. Portion 10 is made of such size ,and conguration that it 'is necessary to press its end portions together in order to enter them between the ends ofv portionA 9; the ends of portion 10 theny spring outwardly and engage apertures 14 with projections 13 and revent the 'withdrawal of portion '10. Portion l0 is-thus preventedl from moving outwardly. -It is prevented from moving downwardly by reason of the insertion of its Iends into the trough ofl portion 9,'-lower fiange 154 of portion 9'supporting the ends'of portion 10. lPortion 10 is supported midway its ends by atongue 16 which projects under upper. flange17 of porv tion 10. Thistongue is cut out of a flange Y19 which otherwise [extends completely around the socket yand. forms the u'pper.

flange -of portion 9 tocorrespond with the upper flange 17 of' portion 10. Lower flange 18- of portion 10 yforms a practical c'ontinual tion vof lower flange 15- of portiony 9, a practically continuous flange being thusformed for the support of the shade.

Toremove al shade from my holder it is" only 'necessary to compress the ends .of portion 10 andjdisen'gage apertures 14 from projections'l. Portion 10 may then be removed vand the' shade removed ylaterally 'from portion.9. To replace the shade2 they 'reverse' operation is made, with the addition th'at upper fiange 17 is slipped under flange 19 and over tongue 16,y In the form jrst described, v portlon 10 of the holder is entirely detachable end may be lost. ln the form shown in Fig. the portion l()at is pivotally attached to the body of the socket Casing by means of a member 20 pivoted at 2l.' ,This pivotal support obvietes the necessity of tongue 16, but otherwise the construction is the seme es in the form before described.

F rom the foregoing it will be understood. that the gist of my invention consists in e stationary half ring end e removable half ring; and in the method of connecting the halves together. The mode et attachment to fixtures may be varied, end minor points of design may be ehenged, without departing from the scope of my invention. in this light the body member of the foiv lowing claims may be construed as any object to which the holder is attached. l

Having described my invention, l claim: l. A shade holder., comprising a. body, a semi-annuler grooved member rigidly at teohed to the body, a, second semi-annuler grooved member adapted to resiliently force its ends apart, inter-engaging ineens on they ends of the two members end adapted 'to be engaged by theresilient action of the second named member, and meens to support the second named member from the body.

2. A shade holder, comprising e body, e semi-annuler grooved member rigidly etteched to the body, a second semi-annuler eeeeie grooved member adapted to resiliently force its ends spart, inter-engaging means on the ends of the two members and adapted to be engaged by the resilientotion of the second named member, the inter-engaging means 'consisting of inwardly projeetingi catches on the endsof the first named member and of apertures in the ends or' the seoond named member, and means to support the second named memberfrom the body.`

3. i shade holder,edmprising. abody, a semiennuler membermigidky attached to the body andprojeeting below the same, an nwerdly extending ida-nge on the, l0wer part` of the semi-annuler member, e second resil ient semisennuler member whose ends are ,y

adapted to be forced. toward eaeh other and entered between the ends of. the rst named member, inter-engegingrmeans on the ends of the two members, means for lsupportingthe second named member from the body, and en inwardly extending lnge on the second named member and adapted to form e, continuation of the flange and the firstA 

